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Spotlight on Exchange 2010: Call Answering Rules (Part I) - Creating your first Call Answering Rule

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Jun 23, 2009
One of the core functionalities provided by Exchange UM is call answering, i.e., to answer phone calls and record voice mails on your behalf. With the introduction of Call Answering Rules in Exchange...
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Hi Gavin,
No, faxes are handled differently from voice mail. In Exchange 2010, when a fax call arrives at UM server and the server detects that the call is for a UM-enabled user, who is enabled to receive faxes, then the call is referred to a partner fax server. The fax server needs to be set up by the administrator via a UMMailboxPolicy attribute called FaxServerURI. More details are forthcoming in a blog posting, which you will find here soon. So, check back! :)